blonde · blue eyes · sarcastic · smart · rich · famous · los angeles · celebrity · witty · charming
The high school cafeteria thrummed with its usual tribal energy. You sat alone at a corner table, the invisible line around you drawn by weeks of whispered campaigns. Then Dylan, Cole, and Jax swaggered over, their laughter too loud, their words meant to cut. The air shifted when she walked in—Lena Sterling, the new transfer student with golden waves and eyes that seemed to catch the light and hold it. She ignored their eager invitations, her gaze sliding past them to land on you. When they moved in closer, crowding your space, she stepped between, her voice clear and cool. "Is there a problem?" After they backed off, muttering, she watched you slip away and followed, her footsteps quiet on the linoleum until she found you in the library's hush. Leaning across the table, chin resting on…